Winter Warmer Watchlist - BMF - Season Four

BMF (or Black Mafia Family) may not be part of the Power franchise, however the storylines and subject matter are similar enough to think, does Starz have a gangster/drug/crime obsession?

Following the Black Mafia Family, a drug trafficking and money laundering organisation, the fourth season premiered early June, concluding on Friday, along with And Just Like That... & Smoke. All on different streamers, all concluding the same Friday. BMF in Australia streams on Stan. 

Alongside BMF, Starz still have a reboot of the Spartacus franchise incoming, the final run of Power: Force, Tommy's story and P-Valley. The later about strippers has been missing in action for three years since the second season finale aired.

BMF with Covid, writers strikes has been one of the most consistent series airing almost yearly, with a short year off in 2022. 

Season four continues the journey inspired by real life street legends and brothers, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi), who created one of the most influential crime families in the country, Black Mafia Family. 

This season, as Meech and Terry fight to keep their American Dream alive, staying ahead of their rivals and law enforcement takes a toll on their relationship. The brothers occasionally put aside their differences for their common goals but the events of what happened in Mexico will change them forever.

With a sprinkle of music, strippers, full frontal female nudity and a high body count, BMF continues to kill off large numbers of cast members. A lot of which you barely get to know before they are knocked off. Making it very hard to grow a connection with the ever growing, then shrinking cast.

BMF feels a lot like a Power spin-off while also feeling like season four might be the last time we see the Flenory brothers. The show is usually renewed ahead of a season finale. And with Starz launching into Spartacus (again), another Power spin-off (Origins), two UK co-productions (Sweetpea - renewed and The Couple Next Door) plus growing the Outlander universe, Starz seems fairly full at present.

Each season it feels like there is less and less of a story to tell with BMF.

Time will tell if indeed it gets a fifth and final season, or if indeed, it ended last week.